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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying chairs review meeting with Gujarat State Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister
A review meeting with Gujarat State Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister was conducted today under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. The meeting was participated by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State , Dr. L. Murugan, Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Gujarat State Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister, Managing Director  and other dignitaries of Centre and State Government.
In the meeting, Union Minister reviewed the implementation of animal husbandry and dairy schemes in the State and also took stock of the proposals in respect of animal husbandry and dairying. He also discussed future action plans for implementation of the schemes in the State.
Union Minister emphasised Mobile Veterinary Units  operation in the State should start immediately for delivering animal health services at farmers’ doorstep. Pashu Sakhis are to be trained as Artificial Insemination  technician for administering AI. He also directed the State Govt. to take maximum benefit of Entrepreneurship scheme under National Livestock Mission.
Union Minister advised the State Minister to accelerate Kisan Credit card  disbursement to livestock farmers on a campaign mode in coordination with Central Government. He also emphasized that quality testing equipments should be installed in all dairy cooperatives in the State so as to ensure quality milk is supplied to all consumers of the State.
Managing Director from Amul Dairy thanked Government of India for implementing the Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities  scheme which helps dairy cooperatives and farmer producer organisations by providing interest subvention on working capital loan and loan in the form of working capital requirement of the Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer organisations.
Further, Union Minister lauded State Government for its excellent contribution in dairy sector and advised that for further growth of the sector, the State Government along with Amul Dairy should prepare aggressive action plan in coordination with Union Government.
Special Service and Features
Biopesticide from Cassava leaf: CTCRI signs MoU
Thiruvananthapuram: 23 June 2023
ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute , Sreekaryam, Thiruvananthapuram under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has signed an MoU for the commercialization of three biopesticides. CTCRI has licensed machinery and process for extraction of three bioactive molecules from cassava leaves to a Tiruchirappalli-based company M/S Green Edge Agri Imports Private Limited. Named Nanma, Menma and Shreya, they are molecules with pesticidal action against insect pests of various crops. While Menma is effective against the borer insect pests of banana and coconut, Nanma is effective against sucking insect pests like aphids, thrips, scale insects, mealybugs and early instars of tobacco caterpillar . The third variant Shreya is effective in dissolving the mealy substance of mealybug, thereby exposing the insect for control through other means.
Dr. G. Byju, Director, ICAR-CTCRI and Sri. Elango, Director, M/S Green Edge signed the technology licensing form  in the august presence of Sri. Praveen Malik, Chief Executive Officer of Agrinnovate India Ltd. , a ‘for profit’ company owned by Department of Agricultural Research & Education , Government of India tasked with commercialising the technologies developed by ICAR Institutes. Dr. C.A. Jayaprakas, Principal Scientist  and principal inventor of the technologies, all scientists and technical staff involved with the project also witnessed the event.
Though these technologies were perfected more than a decade ago and proved very effective for the eco-friendly management of a variety of insect pests, this is the first time that the machinery and process are licensed to a company,G. Byju said. Dr. Praveen Malik called for implementing a sustainable approach in commercializing the technologies through a long-term public-private partnership. Currently,the Indian bio pesticide market is estimated at $705 million in 2022 and growing at compound annual growth rate  of 23.0%. These three bio formulations are expected to capture a significant share of the $477 million field crops and orchard-based bio pesticide market, said Dr. P. Sethuraman Sivakumar, Principal Scientist and Scientist-in-Charge, Agri-Business Incubator  of the Institute.
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Sol’s Journey presents the pain and trauma of a mother who lost her child
Men are not just numbers, but dignified living individuals: Director Claudia Sainte-Luce
#IFFIWood, 26 November 2022
Men are not just numbers, but dignified living individuals. In the run up to amass money, a section of people forget this fact and indulge in heinous crimes like kidnapping and human trafficking. The Mexican film Sol’s Journey being screened under International Panorama at the 53rd International Film festival of India in Goa presents this highly sensitive story of human trafficking in Mexico.
Addressing one of the ‘IFFI-Table Talks’ sessions today, Director of the film, Claudia Sainte-Luce said, the film highlights the rampant problem of human trafficking and its serious social implications. “In Mexico, a fraction of people don’t really value human beings. The issue has gone to such a level where the value of pet animals is much more than humans. Most of the people are really bothered about their missing pets which is evident from the increased number of posters about them, but nobody is really bothered about thousands of missing people, particularly kids”, she added.
Claudia further added, the film reflects the psychological trauma and pain through which a mother faces when her seven-year-old kid ‘Christian’ is kidnapped. “The film also reveals the mind-set of the society and lacunae in the judicial system.” she elaborated.
Interacting with media, the Director said that the film presents a human and personified vision of unbearable loss and struggle of a mother, who has lost her child.
Addressing the gathering, Producer Christian Kregel said, the team has made an effort to showcase the sensitive problem of child trafficking. “We have put our best effort, so that the film will make a difference and have a profound impact on the civilisation”, he added.
Watch full interaction here:
About the Film: Sol’s Journey

Director& Screenwriter: Claudia Sainte-Luce
Producer: Christian Kregel
DoP: Carlos Correa
Editors: Julián Felipe, Sarmiento López
Cast: Anajosé Aldrete Echevarria, Armando Hernández
Claudia Sainte-Luce  is a Mexican writer, director and actress. She graduated in visual arts from the University of Guadalajara. Her debut The Amazing Catfish  premiered at Locarno, where it received the Young Jury Prize for Best Film. In 2022 Claudia had the world premiere for The Realm of God at the Berlinale.
Synopsis
Seven-year-old Christian is kidnapped from his house. Her mother Sol, begins a frantic search on her own, after realising the indifference and slowness of the justice system to attend to her case.PIB IFFI CAST AND CREW | Manas/ Swadhin/ Darshana | IFFI 53 - 127
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Ministry of Science & Technology
ICMR approves DBT institute as COVID-19 testing facility for Faridabad region
DBT- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute-- the first and only COVID-19 testing facility in the Faridabad region
The bioassay laboratory of Department of Biotechnology’s Faridabad-based Translational Health Science and Technology Institute  will now function as an extension of diagnostic facility of ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad for COVID-19 testing. It will be the first and only COVID-19 testing facility in the Faridabad region.
A Memorandum of Understanding  signed between the two institutes also provides for the team at the bioassay laboratory to train manpower and build capacity at the ESI hospital for COVID-19 testing. While THSTI is funded by Department of Biotechnology in the Union Ministry of Science and Technology, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad is a premier medical institution under the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment.
DBT- THSTI’s bioassay laboratory was established under the DBT-funded Translational Research Program of THSTI. It was set up for clinical development of vaccines and biologicals. It is intended to meet the global standards in Good Clinical Laboratory Practice  and will be applying for accreditation by National Accreditation Board for testing and calibration Laboratories  for vaccine development and testing.
This MoU was signed following the Indian Council of Medical Research  decision to undertake an expansion process wherein it engaged government laboratories, which were not under ICMR, to also initiate testing facilities. This includes laboratories of DBT, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Defence Research and Development Organisation, and government funded medical colleges, among others.
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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Payroll Reporting in India – A Formal Employment Perspective
The Central Statistics Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to June, 2018. It is based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions. A detailed note is annexed.
Please click here to access the detailed note related to Employment Outlook.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 195.19 Cr
Over 3.51 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 47,995
8,084 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.68%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 2.21%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 195.19 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,50,56,366 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.51 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,07,764
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2nd Dose
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1,00,50,209
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Precaution Dose
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54,11,036
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,20,731
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2nd Dose
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1,76,01,591
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Precaution Dose
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92,14,027
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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3,51,48,286
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2nd Dose
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1,94,72,762
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,98,65,545
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2nd Dose
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4,70,00,805
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,76,46,418
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2nd Dose
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49,50,53,984
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Precaution Dose
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15,39,266
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,33,44,863
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2nd Dose
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19,20,24,445
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Precaution Dose
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18,25,095
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,71,67,853
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2nd Dose
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11,98,40,643
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Precaution Dose
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2,09,45,827
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Precaution Dose
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3,89,35,251
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Total
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1,95,19,81,150
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 47,995. Active cases now constitute 0.11% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.68%. 4,592 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,26,57,335.
8,084 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 2,49,418 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 85.51 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 2.21% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 3.24%.
Ministry of Defence
Defence & Foreign Secretaries of India & Australia hold third 2+2 dialogue
The third India-Australia Secretary-level 2+2 Dialogue was held in New Delhi today. The Indian delegation was led by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Foreign Secretary Shri Vijay Gokhale, while the Australian side was led by Defence Secretary Mr Greg Moriarty and Foreign Secretary Ms Frances Adamson.
During the dialogue, issues related to bilateral defence engagements, areas to enhance cooperation in the field of defence industry and defence technology as well as the prevailing regional security concerns were discussed.
Defence Secretary conveyed his satisfaction on the ongoing defence engagements between the two Armed Forces and conveyed the commitment of the Ministry of Defence to further enhance the defence cooperation engagements, both in scope and complexity.
Before the 2+2 dialogue, both the Defence Secretaries held a bilateral meeting.
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Ministry of Defence
Distinguished Service and Gallantry Awards to IAF Personnel on Republic Day 2019
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The following Indian Air Force personnel have been conferred with Distinguished Service and Gallantry awards by the President of India on the occasion of Republic Day 2019
PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
- Air Marshal Hemant Sharma AVSM VSM
- Air Marshal Sardar Harpal Singh AVSM VM
- Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh AVSM VM
- Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar AVSM VM & Bar
- Air Marshal Pandurang Narayan Pradhan AVSM 
- Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Bhagwat AVSM VM 
ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
- Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar VM
- Air Marshal Amit Tiwari VM
- Air Marshal Amit Dev VSM
- Air Marshal Mannepalli Baladitya VSM
- Air Vice Marshal Anil Kumar Gupta VSM 
- Air Vice Marshal Soumitra Kumar Dey VSM 
- Air Vice Marshal Mahendra Vikram Singh
- Air Vice Marshal Pijush Mukherjee VSM
- Air Vice Marshal Amar Preet Singh
- Air Commodore Dhananjay Vasant Khot VM
- Air Commodore Manu Chaudhary VM
- Air Commodore George Thomas VM
VAYU SENA MEDAL 
- Wing Commander Bhuvanendran Nair Prasanth
- Sergeant Amit Kumar Jha
VAYU SENA MEDAL
- Air Commodore Anjan Bhadra
- Group Captain Virendra Singh Mahida
- Group Captain Sameer Pradhan
- Group Captain Madhav Rangachari
- Group Captain Shanmugam Ramesh 
- Group Captain Debanjan Mandal
- Group Captain Arun Mahadevan
- Group Captain Anubhav Tripathi
- Group Captain Udayan Kumar
- Group Captain Harpreet Singh Luthra
- Group Captain Prem Anand
- Wing Commander Jinnehally Puttuswamy Raju
- Wing Commander Nitin Kumar Mal
- Squadron Leader Himadri Biswas
VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
- Air Vice Marshal Avinash Gopal Kshirsagar
- Air Vice Marshal Kalvakuntla Shekhar Reddy
- Air Vice Marshal Arun Bhaskar Gupta
VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL 
- Air Commodore Sanjeeva Sinha 
- Air Commodore Mahesh Bhaskar Aserkar
- Air Commodore Rajesh Vaidya
- Air Commodore Anupam Agarwal
- Air Commodore Lalit Kumar Chawla VM
- Group Captain Rajive Sharma
- Group Captain Manish Kumar Srivastava
- Group Captain Devendra Singh Shekhawat
- Group Captain Subrato Kumar Nath
- Group Captain Vardharajan Rajagopalan
- Group Captain Shankar Bevinmarad Arunkumar
- Group Captain Arun Mittu
- Group Captain Manish Sabharwal
- Group Captain Debajyoti Borah
- Group Captain Anish Aggarwal
- Group Captain Kamlesh Singh
- Group Captain Arvind Thakur
- Group Captain Raman Kewal Bhatla
- Group Captain Yeshpal Singh Negi VM
- Group Captain Barada Prasad Sabut
- Group Captain Bangalore Satyaji Vijay Rao
- Group Captain Gaurav Mani Tripathi
- Group Captain Rishabh Mittal
- Wing Commander S Akheto Jakhalu
- Master Warrant Officer Kuttapan Surandran
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Container Production under Make In India to be facilitated for cargo transportation
Union Ministers Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya & Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw discuss aspects relating to Container production
A high powered meeting was held between Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal and the Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in presence of the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertiliser, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya at New Delhi today. The meeting was held to deliberate and facilitate an eco system for Container production under Make In India programme.
In a move to make India ‘Atmanirbhar’ in its requirement for containers, the high-powered meeting deliberated various aspects in this regard. With a cluster base manufacturing in focus, the CONCOR will be working closely with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways . The meeting also discussed how the availability of Make In India containers may open up the avenue for domestic cargo transportation using the vast expanse of inland waterways of India. Various ways and means to encourage Indian producers of containers were also discussed. In the meeting, the ministers also discussed the possibility of movement of bulk cargos like cement, foodgrains, fertilisers etc through coastal and inland waterways in containerised form. This will contribute to reduction in the cost of logistics, handling charges as it will be through an economical, ecological & easier mode of transportation.
Earlier, a committee was formed comprising of Joint Secretary , Joint Secretary , Joint Secretary , Joint Secretary , Representative from CONCOR and NICDC to assess the demand of containers in domestic trade, EXIM trade as well as the problem faced in the domestic manufacturing of containers.
The MoPSW also interacted with the representatives from CONCOR, Association of Container Train Operators , steel manufacturing companies, container manufacturers, Container Shipping Line Association . In EXIM segment, container availability & space onboard vessels are consistently improving. In the domestic segment, CONCOR has requirement for approximately 50,000 containers in next 3 years. The meeting was an extension to this findings to craft an ecosystem that can help domestic producers to produce Make In India containers with an ultimate aim to help our trading community in the EXIM sector & help realise the vision of PM to make India a USD 5 Trillion economy.
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Vice President's Secretariat
Chairman, Rajya Sabha brings gender parity, nominates fifty percent women members to the panel of Vice- Chairpersons
All four women in the panel are first time members of Rajya Sabha
Smt. S Phangnon Konyak becomes the first ever woman from Nagaland nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons
Rajya Sabha Chair goes digital from this Monsoon Session
In a historic move, Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has nominated four women Parliamentarians to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons.
It is also noteworthy that all women members nominated to the panel are first term Parliamentarians and Smt. S. Phangnon Konyak is the first ever woman from Nagaland to be elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
The panel reconstituted before the Monsoon Session contains a total of eight names, out of which half are women. This is the first time in the history of the Upper House that equal representation has been given to women members in the panel of Vice-Chairpersons.
In another notable development, the Rajya Sabha Chair has become fully digital. The Rajya Sabha Chair will be using electronic tablets for matters related to the conduct of business in the House, attendance in the House, details of Members speaking and other relevant information.
The following are the details of the women Members nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons.
Smt. P.T. Usha:
- She is a Padma Shri awardee and a renowned athlete. She was nominated to Rajya Sabha in July, 2022.
- She is a Member of the Committee on Defense, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Committee on Ethics.
Smt. S. Phangnon Konyak:
- She belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is the first woman to be elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Nagaland in April, 2022 and the second woman from the State to be elected to either House of the Parliament or the State Assembly.
- She is a member of Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Committee on Empowerment of Women, House Committee and Member, Governing Council of the North-Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong.
Dr. Fauzia Khan:
- She belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 2020.
- She is a member of Committee on Empowerment of Women, Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Smt. Sulata Deo:
- She belongs to Biju Janata Dal. She was elected to Rajya Sabha in July, 2022.
- She is a member of Committee on Industry, Committee on Empowerment of Women, Joint Committee on Office of Profit, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme  and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Apart from the aforementioned women members, Shri V Vijayasai Reddy, Shri Ghanshyam Tiwari, Dr. L. Hanumanthaiah and Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Ray have also been nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons.
Smt. S Phangnon Konyak
Smt. Sulata Deo
Smt. P. T. Usha
Dr. Fauzia Khan
Ministry of Earth Sciences
All India Weather Inference 
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department :

All India Weather Inference 
- The well-Marked low-pressure area over Lakshadweep Area & Adjoining southeast Arabian sea persists. Associated cyclonic circulation extending up to mid tropospheric levels, It is very likely to concentrate into a Depression over the same region during next 12 hours and intensify further into a Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 24 hours. It is very likely to intensify further and move north northwestwards towards Gujarat & adjoining Pakistan coasts. It is likely to reach near Gujarat coast around 18th May evening.
- The Western Disturbance as a trough in mid & upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along longitude 75°E to the north of latitude 30°N persists.
- The cyclonic circulation over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood extending up to 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.
- The North South trough/wind discontinuity from the above cyclonic circulation over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood to south Tamilnadu across Vidarbha, Telangana and Rayalaseema at 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.
- The East West trough from the cyclonic circulation over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood to Assam across Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal at 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.
- The cyclonic circulation over central parts of south Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood extending persists. Up to 0.9 km above mean sea level
The cyclonic circulation over central Pakistan & neighbourhood extending up to 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.

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